[1] In 2006 he played Taneatua in the Taki Rua production of Hone Kouka's Nga Tangata Toa at Downstage Theatre in Wellington.
[3] Strange Resting Places is a stage play co-written with Paolo Rotondo, produced by Taki Rua Productions and based on family stories of the Māori Battalion in Italy in World War II.
[3] In July 2009 Mokaraka was struggling with his mental health and attempted "suicide-by-cop", an experience which he survived.
He used this as the basis for a play, Shot Bro: Confessions of a Depressed Bullet, which he toured around community venues in Aotearoa New Zealand for three years, 2017–2020.
[5] Mokaraka won the Best Newcomer Chapman Tripp acting award for his 2001 play Have Car, Will Travel.